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  1. I have a vehicle ['86 VW Vanagon] with a very tired but running '90 Subaru EJ22 Legacy engine in it. I have access to a low mileage '97 EJ22 Impreza engine to make a swap, but I am not sure of the complications. I just want to do a long block swap, so I am not interested in upgrading the wiring, etc., to make it ODB-II. I believe the '97 is an interference engine, so I will definitely replace the timing belt [as well as seals, etc.] I do know I will have an exhaust port issue because the '90 has a dual port exhaust, while the '97 has a single port exhaust. However would I be able to use the '90 intake manifold on the '97 engine? Are you aware of any other complications I might run into [blocking off ODB-II stuff, etc]? Thanks in advance for your help!
  2. Hi Folks I have a '96 Legacy Outback wagon, 2.2l 5 speed. Through some tests, it seems I might need a Camshaft position sensor. On some parts sites, there is only one sensor offered. On a few others, there are two for that model year.... one for the first half of the year the other for the second half of the year [this is the one offered on the other sites] I checked the body plate by the driver's door and it says 5/1996, and the inside of the oil cap [someone told me this is a good motor date] says 3/96. So, it seems that mine is for the first half of the year. Sadly, this one is TWICE the price of the other [meaning ~100 instead of ~50] grrrr Although i am not someone to 'save' money by buying the wrong part...does anyone know what changed in the car that made this higher cost part necessary? It seems that for the earlier and later model years, the prices are closer to $50 than $100, thus this one was a 'blip'
  3. I recently bought a CD of manuals for my Outback on Ebay.....the seller's information insisted it wasn't pirated but once it arrived in the mail, it makes me suspicious that it WAS pirated. Hmmmmm, I guess I should have thought more before buying it because I don't like to contribute to piracy. The CD had subdirectories for various components, but the pdf files themselves were given (not always) sequential numbering. Strangely, not one section had the "table of contents" page. (page 1) which makes me think the original page must have had copyright information on it. The number of pages per pdf file varied, which in itself isn't so bad in itself. However, in many instances, there were overlapping pages So, if you printed out a section, filexxx01.pdf might have pages 2-6, filexxx02.pdf might have pages 5-12, file filexxx03.pdf might have pages 13-14, and file filexxx04.pdf might have pages 12-19. Therefore, if you printed all the pages of a section out....you'd be using a lot of pages to start the woodstove that night. If you printed up all the sections, you'd have enough paper to start your woodstove all winter long. And, if you were printing in "two sided" mode, you'd be going crazy. I prefer to have the manual set online, and just print out pages as I need them. However, I wanted one file that held all pages for each section (missing of course the 'table of contents' page, grrrrr). I have an older "full" version of Adobe Acrobat at home, so I thought. 'hey, using a copy of the first page in a section, I can just pull each individual page into that file in sequential order and save the file." Well, whomever built the manual set locked the pages, so that wasn't possible. However, I discovered that I was able to export each page to a postscript (.ps) file, then distill it back into a PDF. Then, starting with the first page (page 2, grrr), I brought in each page in sequence from other files, then saved the file under a new name. Although I ddn't take the time to generate and save any table of contents pages, I did add bookmarks to the files so that when I am online I can tell what is in the file. So, I now have a manual set for my car....but to be truthful, it took quite a few hours to get it organized into a shape in which it is now.....would I buy it again? well...I'd really want to be sure it wasn't pirated. And...you really do get what you pay for....
  4. My 96 Legacy OBW's parking brake lever will hold.....if you pull up on the lever, and manually push in the pawl that engages the teeth (this also pushes the button out). The parking brake releases just fine by the normal procedure of lifting slightly, pushing in the button, then lowering the lever. However the button remains in the "in" position. So, I'm pretty sure a spring in the parking brake lever is broken. Without pulling the parking brake lever assembly out to visually inspect it, I cannot tell if it is something I could fix (by locating a spring that matches closely enough to do the job) or if it's a potmetal POS that can't be repaired and will require that I peruse the wrecking yards for another one. Thought I'd ask the board for its opinion before proceeding, thanks!
  5. HI, I recently bought a '96 Subaru Legacy Outback wagon, with the 2.2l engine and 5 speed transmission. I checked the timing belt, changed the oil, and changed the ripped CV boot (thanks to the great advice on this website). Now it's going great. In 5th gear, the RPMs @ 80mph (normal interstate speed here in NM outside of the few cities we have) = about 3700. That seems abnormally high, so I kept the speed limit at 75 or lower because I felt sustained 3700 RPMs cannot be healthy for a motor...especially one with 116K on it. Am I being overly cautious? Our distances here quite great and I'd rather go 80...unless I knew it was damaging the motor by doing that. Thanks
  6. Tom, when the belt or tensioner breaks, the camshaft stops and some of the valves will be open (because the cam lobes are contacting and raising the cam followers) and some will be shut. The ones that are open are the ones that get banged by the pistons
  7. Hi, I had the car I'm buying inspected by an independent agency and they noted one item: "Check engine light on, miss at 2200 rpm" Any idea of what might be causing this? Car has 115K on it. Thanks for any insights
  8. Hi all, I'm new to this site, so this is my first message. I'm picking up a used Subaru this weekend, and because I don't know when the timing belt was last changed, most likely I'll replace it. On the inside of the timing cover, I plan to write "changed timing belt <date/mileage>" on the inside of the one of the timing covers with an indelible marker. That way, even if my maintenance log gets lost, the date/mileage of when it was changed will be accessible.
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